Why agency costs explain diversification discounts

Real Estate Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-126

  Cronqvist, Henrik ^a   Högfeldt, Peter ^c   Nilsson, Mattias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c NONE

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EID: 0040431613     PISSN: 10808620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1080-8620.00004     Document Type: Article

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